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Ivan was born in a town near Moscow,Russia. He was born into a noble family. Ivan's father was the Grand Duke of Russia.
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Ivan was proclaimed Grand Duke of Russia upon the death of his father Vasili III. He is just 3 years old at the time. This begins a long reign of being the most powerful person in Russia.
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ivan is crowned as the first Russian czar upon his command. This begins the road of the leader of Russia being a czar. He has become one of the most powerful people in the world because of this. He still is only 17 years old.
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Ivan married a woman named Anastasiya Romanovna who was a great aunt of the future first tsar of the Romanov Dynasty
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Ivan The Terrible killed his own son in a violent dispute. The son, Ivan Ivanovich was to be the next of the throne. But his father struck him with his pointed staff. After this Russian fell under the control of several nobles leading to itslosing of power.
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Ivan dies as the monk Jonah in his home in Moscow. He was playing a game of chess when he fainted and was brought to his room. He didn't become a monk until the last moments of his life. After his death Russia fell into anarchy.